Use of Advanced and Emerging Technologies for Quantification of Annual Facility Methane Emissions Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program, 77510-77511 [2024-21633]

Download as PDF 77510 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 184 / Monday, September 23, 2024 / Notices technology for the full useful life of the vehicle. • The application must contain a detailed description of the off-cycle technology and how it functions to reduce CO2 emissions under conditions not represented on the compliance tests. • The application must contain a list of the vehicle model(s) which will be equipped with the technology. • The application must contain a detailed description of the test vehicles selected and an engineering analysis that supports the selection of those vehicles for testing. • The application must contain all testing and/or simulation data required under the regulations, plus any other data the manufacturer has considered in the analysis. Finally, the alternative methodology must be approved by EPA prior to the manufacturer using it to generate credits. As part of the review process defined by regulation, the alternative methodology submitted to EPA for consideration must be made available for public comment.4 EPA will consider public comments as part of its final decision to approve or deny the request for off-cycle credits. II. Off-Cycle Credit Application khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES A. 48 Volt Efficient Motor-Generator Combined With a 48 Volt/12 Volt DC/ DC Converter JLR is applying for off-cycle GHG credits for the use of a 48 Volt efficient motor-generator combined with a 48 volt/12 volt DC/DC converter. The JLR technology consists of two components, a 48-volt motor-generator which is either belt driven or connected to the crankshaft of an internal combustion engine, and a 48 volt/12 volt DC/DC converter. The 48 volt motor generator provides a couple of functions, it can operate as a starter motor and crank the engine and it also can operate as a generator converting mechanical energy into electrical energy. The efficiency of the 48 volt generator when belt driven is in the range of 80 to 85% and when connected to the crankshaft of an engine it can be as high as 90 to 95%. Once generated the 48 volt electricity needs to be converted to 12 volts for use by the 12 volt electronics in the vehicle. The conversion of the 48 volt electricity to 12 volt is performed by the second device associated with this technology, a DC–DC converter. Converting 48 volt electricity to 12 volt electricity produces an energy loss which also needs to be measured to determine the overall efficiency of the combined 48 volt 4 See motor-generator and DC–DC converter. This application is only for determining the off-cycle benefit of the generator portion of the technology. JLR is the first manufacturer to submit a complete alternative method off-cycle GHG application for a 48 volt motorgenerator combined with a 48 volt/12 volt DC–DC converter. JLR is applying for credits for the 2023 and later model years for vehicles sold in the U.S. and equipped with the 48 volt efficient motor-generator combined with a 48 volt/12 volt DC/DC converter. JLR is requesting a credit value of 1.6 grams/mile. Details of the testing and analysis can be found in the manufacturer’s application. III. EPA Decision Process EPA has reviewed the applications for completeness and is now making the applications available for public review and comment as required by the regulations. The off-cycle credit applications submitted by the manufacturers (with confidential business information redacted) have been placed in the public docket (see ADDRESSES section above) and on EPA’s website at https://www.epa.gov/vecertification/compliance-informationlight-duty-greenhouse-gas-ghgstandards. EPA is providing a 30-day comment period on this application for off-cycle credits described in this notice, as specified by the regulations. The manufacturer may submit a written rebuttal of comments for EPA’s consideration or may revise an application in response to comments. After reviewing any public comments and any rebuttal of comments submitted by manufacturers, EPA will make a final decision regarding the credit request. EPA will make its decision available to the public by placing a decision document (or multiple decision documents) in the docket and on EPA’s website at the same manufacturerspecific pages shown above. Dated: September 18, 2024. Byron Bunker, Director, Implementation, Analysis and Compliance Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality. [FR Doc. 2024–21713 Filed 9–20–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 40 CFR 86.1869–12(d)(2). VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:57 Sep 20, 2024 Jkt 262001 PO 00000 Frm 00040 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OAR–2024–0350; FRL 12138–02– OAR] Use of Advanced and Emerging Technologies for Quantification of Annual Facility Methane Emissions Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ACTION: Notice; extension of public comment period. AGENCY: On August 29, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a request for information (RFI) on the ‘‘Use of Advanced and Emerging Technologies for Quantification of Annual Facility Methane Emissions Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program’’. The EPA is extending the comment period. DATES: The comment period for the document published on August 29, 2024, at 89 FR 70177, is extended. Comments must be received on or before November 27, 2024. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– OAR–2024–0350, to the Federal Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. Follow online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information (CBI). EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket, submitted, or sent via email. For additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI, and general guidance on making effective comments, please visit https:// www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epadockets. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vasco Roma, Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Atmospheric Protection, Climate Change Division; telephone number: 202–564–1662; email address: Roma.Vasco@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 29, 20204, the EPA published an RFI on the ‘‘Use of Advanced and Emerging Technologies for Quantification of Annual Facility Methane Emissions Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program’’. The public comment for this RFI was scheduled to end on October 28, 2024. In response to multiple extension requests received to date, the EPA is extending that deadline to SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\23SEN1.SGM 23SEN1 Federal Register / Vol. 89, No. 184 / Monday, September 23, 2024 / Notices November 27, 2024. This extension will provide the general public with additional time for comment. Sharyn Lie, Director, Climate Change Division. [FR Doc. 2024–21633 Filed 9–20–24; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560–50–P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION [OMB 3060–1265; FR ID 245960] Information Collection Being Submitted for Review and Approval to Office of Management and Budget Federal Communications Commission. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. AGENCY: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC or the Commission) invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might ‘‘further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.’’ The Commission may not conduct or sponsor a collection of information unless it displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget (OMB) control number. No person shall be subject to any penalty for failing to comply with a collection of information subject to the PRA that does not display a valid OMB control number. SUMMARY: Written comments and recommendations for the proposed information collection should be submitted on or before October 23, 2024. DATES: Comments should be sent to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/PRAMain. Find this particular information collection by selecting ‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open for Public Comments’’ or by using the search function. Your comment must be submitted into www.reginfo.gov. per the above instructions for it to be considered. In addition to submitting in www.reginfo.gov also send a copy of your comment on the proposed information collection to Nicole Ongele, FCC, via email to PRA@fcc.gov and to Nicole.Ongele@fcc.gov. Include in the khammond on DSKJM1Z7X2PROD with NOTICES ADDRESSES: VerDate Sep<11>2014 16:57 Sep 20, 2024 Jkt 262001 comments the OMB control number as shown in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For additional information or copies of the information collection, contact Nicole Ongele at (202) 418–2991. To view a copy of this information collection request (ICR) submitted to OMB: (1) go to the web page https://www.reginfo.gov/ public/do/PRAMain, (2) look for the section of the web page called ‘‘Currently Under Review,’’ (3) click on the downward-pointing arrow in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box below the ‘‘Currently Under Review’’ heading, (4) select ‘‘Federal Communications Commission’’ from the list of agencies presented in the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (5) click the ‘‘Submit’’ button to the right of the ‘‘Select Agency’’ box, (6) when the list of FCC ICRs currently under review appears, look for the Title of this ICR and then click on the ICR Reference Number. A copy of the FCC submission to OMB will be displayed. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork burdens, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), the FCC invited the general public and other Federal Agencies to take this opportunity to comment on the following information collection. Comments are requested concerning: (a) Whether the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the Commission, including whether the information shall have practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the Commission’s burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on the respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Pursuant to the Small Business Paperwork Relief Act of 2002, Public Law 107–198, see 44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(4), the FCC seeks specific comment on how it might ‘‘further reduce the information collection burden for small business concerns with fewer than 25 employees.’’ OMB Control Number: 3060–1265. Title: Administrative Order— Performance Testing Measures. Form Number: N/A. Type of Review: Revision of a currently approved collection. Respondents: Business or other forprofit. Number of Respondents and Responses: 1,705 unique respondents; 7,681 responses. PO 00000 Frm 00041 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 77511 Estimated Time per Response: 15–23 hours. Frequency of Response: Biennial reporting requirements, quarterly reporting requirements and annual reporting requirements. Obligation to Respond: Required to obtain or retain benefits. Statutory authority for this information collection is contained in 47 U.S.C. 151–154, 155, 201–206, 214, 218–220, 251, 252, 254, 256, 303(r), 332, 403, 405, 410, and 1302. Total Annual Burden: 170,620 hours. Total Annual Cost: No cost. Needs and Uses: In the USF/ICC Transformation Order, the Commission laid the groundwork for today’s universal service programs providing $4.5 billion in support for broadband internet deployment in high-cost areas. Connect America Fund, et al., WC Docket No. 10–90, et al., Report and Order and Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, 26 FCC Rcd 17663 (2011) (USF/ICC Transformation Order). The USF/ICC Transformation Order required, among other things, that highcost universal service recipients ‘‘test their broadband networks for compliance with speed and latency metrics and certify to and report the results to the Universal Service Administrative Company (USAC) on an annual basis.’’ Id. at 17705, para. 109. Pursuant to the Commission’s direction in that Order, the Wireline Competition Bureau, the Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and the Office of Engineering and Technology (the Bureaus and OET) adopted more specific methodologies for such testing in the Performance Measures Order. See generally Performance Measures Order. See also 47 CFR 54.313(a)(6) (requiring that recipients of high-cost support provide ‘‘[t]he results of network performance tests pursuant to the methodology and in the format determined by the Wireline Competition Bureau, Wireless Telecommunications Bureau, and Office of Engineering and Technology’’). Addressing petitions for reconsideration, the Bureaus and OET adopted certain modifications and clarifications to the requirements pertaining to high-latency bidders in the Connect America Fund (CAF) Phase II auction, and the Commission refined the general testing requirements further. See generally Connect America Fund, WC Docket No. 10–90, Order on Reconsideration, DA 19–911 (WCB/ WTB/OET 2019) (Satellite-Related Performance Measures Order); Performance Measures Reconsideration Order. In the High Cost Administrative Order, the Commission adopted a quarterly reporting and certification E:\FR\FM\23SEN1.SGM 23SEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 89, Number 184 (Monday, September 23, 2024)]
[Notices]
[Pages 77510-77511]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2024-21633]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[EPA-HQ-OAR-2024-0350; FRL 12138-02-OAR]


Use of Advanced and Emerging Technologies for Quantification of 
Annual Facility Methane Emissions Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting 
Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

ACTION: Notice; extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On August 29, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 
published a request for information (RFI) on the ``Use of Advanced and 
Emerging Technologies for Quantification of Annual Facility Methane 
Emissions Under the Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program''. The EPA is 
extending the comment period.

DATES: The comment period for the document published on August 29, 
2024, at 89 FR 70177, is extended. Comments must be received on or 
before November 27, 2024.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-
OAR-2024-0350, to the Federal Portal: https://www.regulations.gov. 
Follow online instructions for submitting comments. Once submitted, 
comments cannot be edited or withdrawn. Do not submit electronically 
any information you consider to be Confidential Business Information 
(CBI). EPA may publish any comment received to its public docket, 
submitted, or sent via email. For additional submission methods, the 
full EPA public comment policy, information about CBI, and general 
guidance on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Vasco Roma, Environmental Protection 
Agency, Office of Air and Radiation, Office of Atmospheric Protection, 
Climate Change Division; telephone number: 202-564-1662; email address: 
[email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August 29, 20204, the EPA published an 
RFI on the ``Use of Advanced and Emerging Technologies for 
Quantification of Annual Facility Methane Emissions Under the 
Greenhouse Gas Reporting Program''. The public comment for this RFI was 
scheduled to end on October 28, 2024. In response to multiple extension 
requests received to date, the EPA is extending that deadline to

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November 27, 2024. This extension will provide the general public with 
additional time for comment.

Sharyn Lie,
Director, Climate Change Division.
[FR Doc. 2024-21633 Filed 9-20-24; 8:45 am]
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